Operational Database Management Systems
By Michael Blaha November 17, 2005 Abstract: Referential integrity is a database constraint that ensures that references between data are indeed valid and intact. Referential integrity is a fundamental principle of database theory and arises...
By Suad Alagic, Mark Royer October 28, 2005 Abstract: This paper is addressing three major and quite controversial issues critical for the next generation of virtual platforms for object-oriented languages. The first one is providing...
By Scott Ambler September 15, 2005 Abstract: Modern software development processes are evolutionary in nature, but more often than not agile. Agile techniques include refactoring, agile modeling, continual regression testing, configuration management of all development...
By William Cook, Carl Rosenberger August 23, 2005 Abstract: Most persistence architectures for Java and .NET provide interfaces to execute queries written in an architecture-specific query language. These interfaces are string based: queries are defined in...
Carl Olofson, IDC Object databases excel as embedded databases, fueled by open source offerings. LINK (PDF)
By Michael Blaha July 21, 2005 Abstract: There is a fundamental, irreconcilable conflict between the goals of encapsulation and the goals of query optimization. The object-oriented literature emphasizes encapsulation. An object should access only objects...
Rick Grehan Explores how object databases absorb complex object structures. Includes db4o code samples. DOWNLOAD (PDF)
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago The project DOMINO (Databases fOr MovINg Objects tracking) develops a prototype database system for tracking mobile units LINK
Rick Grehan Some basic guidelines when deciding whether to use an ODBMS. DOWNLOAD (PDF)
Rick Grehan A basic introduction to ODBMS for RDBMS users. DOWNLOAD (PDF)